Pain is pain—whether temporarily acute, chronically persistent, related to terminal illness, psychological, or judged phantom or psychosomatic. It’s been keenly observed that the pain we don’t transform in our lives is the pain we will project, transmit, and ultimately be…
Scripture encourages us to “be quick to listen and slow to speak” (James 1:19). It is estimated that there are 50,000 speech courses in U.S. colleges every year, but roughly only a couple of hundred listening courses. Further, it is…
2023 Issue 2 This Bright Tomorrows (BT) newsletter is our second newsletter of 2023. You will discover embedded links throughout this publication that will connect you to articles and videos that we trust you will find inspiring and informative. 2023…
“The ability to withstand great strain without tearing or breaking; strong and resilient: a tough all-weather fabric” is the dictionary definition of being tough. Many a landscaper and gardener will unhappily confirm that this well describes the weed. From time…
By Bill Sherman – World Religion Writer To the hundreds of young people who have gone through children’s church at Evangelistic Temple in the last 16 years, he is simply Coach Tim, a high-energy guy who loves kids and is…
Statisticians have written that one in four American families has a family member affected by a serious mental illness. There are more hospital beds in America occupied by people who have a mental illness, than by people who have cancer,…
By Tim Peterson, MS, LMFT, LPC Most people experience feelings of anxiety before certain anticipated events. Anxiety disorders, however, are illnesses that cause extreme distress for no apparent reason. Left untreated, these disorders can reduce an individual’s quality of life.…
When I was a boy in English class, I found diagramming sentences simultaneously fascinating and confusing. I never was very good at it, but I marveled at those who were. However, God taught me a very important lesson in how…
By Jim Grinnell If you’re like me, you want to help people but have grown somewhat suspicious of some people’s claims to need help. Recently, while reading Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend’s book, Boundaries, the authors discuss what…
Recently I had the privilege of speaking at our local “City-Wide Prayer Service for Mental Illness Awareness Week” sponsored by NAMI Tulsa. In the program was the following quote from Father Thomas Keating.”Some wounds are so deep there can be…